Seedorf Signs With Botafogo

After weeks of speculation that he might be going to Brazil, China, England or even the MLS, former Dutch international Clarence Seedorf decided to fulfill his personal desire to play in the country where his wife was born, more specifically, her hometown- Rio.

Botafogo announced on their website that the former AC Milan and Real Madrid man signed a two-year contract with O Fogão, thus becoming the biggest foreign signing in Brazilian football history. After nearly a decade with AC Milan, the native of Paramaribo, Suriname, Seedorf became one of the most respected players in rossoneri history.

Seedorf finished his contract with the Italian giants just a few days ago and he took part in the World Soccer Masters Tour held in Miami.

About the author: Juan_Arango

Juan Arango has been writing for the past seven years for various online and print publications in the United States and abroad. Juan started his career at Goal.com as a South American and Spanish league writer then would move transition into the television side working on the soccer matches from Peru, Mexico, and Bolivia over at Gol TV.

He returned from a four-year stint in Connecticut, where he worked with ESPN International behind the cameras, back to Gol TV in 2010, where he is a bilingual play-by-play announcer as well as occasional color commentator. He hosts shows such as La Liga 360 and Oh My Gol! in English in addition to having a weekly segment covering La Liga on Yorkshire Radio in the UK.

His career has also seen him do color commentary and play-by-play for the 2009 and 2011Gold Cup.

On the writing end Juan is contributor to 90:Soccer, In Bed With Maradona, La Liga Weekly and Serie A Weekly as well as several other publications around the world. He has also was a contributing author in two books for Spanish Leadership.